Originally Posted By: olivant
(CNN) – The devil made them do it?

According to a Catholic bishop in Springfield, Illinois, Satan was behind his state's recent legalization of same-sex marriage.

So, next Wednesday, at about the same time Gov. Pat Quinn signs the gay marriage bill into law, Bishop Thomas Paprocki will hold an exorcism ceremony "in reparation for the sin of same-sex marriage."



I'm sure Pope Francis is shaking his head. There is a lot of red tape and lengthy internal procedures before the Church allows exorcisms as it is a dubious practice that the Church would rather leave in the Middle Ages. I guess permission can be sidestepped when the purpose of the exorcism is for a cheap political stunt.

I wonder if the bishop considered an exorcism or blamed Satan for the Church's ongoing cover up of pedophile priests.